Van Zandt County, Texas

Sep 1, 2026 · 11 days ago

Redeemable Deedcancelledvia Linebarger (LGBS)

Parcels

Opening bids

$175,521

7 lot(s) have no published opening bid

Redemption

730 days

25% flat penalty

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Redeemable tax deed; HOA/POA and federal liens can survive; post-judgment taxes may remain. Rural access and utility easements need careful review.

Van Zandt County rules

Sale type: Redeemable Deed
Redemption period: 2 years for homestead/ag/mineral properties; 6 months for all other property
Investor return: 25% penalty in year one, 50% in year two (homestead/ag); 25% flat for the 6-month category
Governing statute: Texas Tax Code Title 1, Subtitle E, Ch. 34
Population: 65,304 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person (live tax redeemable deed; confirm Bid4Assets dual listing per notice)
Frequency: First Tuesday when tax inventory posts; not every month has a sale
Platform: Van Zandt County Sheriff / tax sale (confirm CAD and Bid4Assets notices)
Deposit rules: Cash/certified funds day-of per officer rules. TAC no-delinquent-tax statement typically required before deed. Sold AS IS, redeemable deed.

Title risk

Common after redemption for marketable title before resale toward Canton–Grand Saline.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Van Zandt County Tax Assessor-Collector / CAD
Clerk of court: Van Zandt County Clerk (records)
Property appraiser: Van Zandt County Appraisal District
GIS / parcel map: Van Zandt CAD parcel / public portal

Areas trending up

Canton / First Monday Trade Days core — Tourism retail and event-driven demand supporting local SF and small commercial
I-20 / Wills Point fringe — DFW east-exurb spillover with highway access and school demand
Grand Saline / Edgewood rural edge — More attainable inventory with industrial and ag adjacency

Notes

Texas redeemable tax-deed. Van Zandt County (Canton / First Monday Trade Days / I-20 east of Dallas) has had live tax redeemable deed sales listed on Bid4Assets (e.g. prior cycles at 24632 Highway 64, Canton). Standard Texas pattern: first-Tuesday sales when court orders of sale issue; CAD (vzcad.org) is the parcel/assessment source. Canton retail tourism and DFW exurban spillover influence demand—verify access, flood, and septic on rural tracts. Confirm active platform (courthouse officer vs. Bid4Assets dual listing) on each notice.

2 sources

Inherited from Texas rather than researched for Van Zandt: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Download PropStream list (21 parcels, CSV)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
066.0128.0830.0000.0000	291 Vz County Road 4824 · Ben Wheeler	$107,457	$626,630	$519,173	pending
0650006017000040000	5915 FM 314 · BEN WHEELER	—	$434,520	—	cancelled
0640891652000000000	211 E MAIN · VAN	—	$207,360	—	cancelled
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Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Texas requires appraisal at 100% of market value as of Jan 1 (Tex. Tax Code § 23.01). Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.